The American Academy of Arts & Sciences April 22 announced its 2021 group of new members, with several Indian Americans chosen in various categories among the 252 new additions.
The Academy was established in 1780 by the countryâs founders to provide guidance to a young nation that would face challenges and need expertise and excellence to emerge stronger. While the founders did not anticipate a year with a historic pandemic, overdue racial reckoning, and political strife, the purpose of electing new members is more compelling than ever, according to a press release.
The 2021 election provides an opportunity to recognize extraordinary people who help solve the worldâs most urgent challenges, create meaning through art, and contribute to the common good from every field, discipline, and profession, it noted.
UMass Amherst chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy ahas been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Photo by Erik Kaplan
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University of Massachusetts Amherst chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy has joined a body whose history is traced back to the Founding Fathers, and whose membership includes some of the nation’s most revered names.
Subbaswamy’s election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences puts him in a peer group with leaders in arts and sciences, business, philanthropy and public affairs.
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IMAGE: Joan W. Bennett, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. view more
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Joan W. Bennett, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She joins neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center atmospheric scientist Ann Thompson and media entrepreneur and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey. Receiving this honor would not have been possible without the support of my mentors, professional peers and, most especially, the many wonderful students who have worked in my laboratory over the years, said Bennett, who works in the Department of Plant Biology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Moreover, it gives me particular pride to see that this year, 55 percent of the people elected to the American Academ